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May 15 2020

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Repair of Mitochondrial DNA Damage as Potential Treatment for Cardiac Aging

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Mitochondrial DNA damage is a contributing cause of aging, and researchers here look at this issue in the context of the aging of heart tissue. Mitochondria are the power plants...

May 15 2020

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Failing Mitophagy in the Progression of Aging

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Mitochondria, the power plants of the cell, decline in function with age. This contributes to the development of age-related conditions, particularly in energy-hungry tissues such as muscle and brain. An...

May 14 2020

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Increased Levels of IL-4 Observed in Macular Degeneration

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The wet form of age-related macular degeneration involves an excessive growth of blood vessels behind the retina, disrupting structure to produce a progressive and presently irreversible loss of vision. Researchers...

May 14 2020

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Ten Weeks of Resistance Training in 60-Year-Olds Doubles NAD+ Levels in Muscle Tissue

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When looking at any of the work presently taking place on improving metabolism in older individuals, whether by stress response upregulation, or by improving mitochondrial function, it is always worth...

May 13 2020

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Physical Activity Slows the Consequences of Aging

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We live in a world in which most people do not undertake anywhere near the level of physical activity that is optimal. Thus adding greater physical activity as a lifestyle...

May 13 2020

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Plasma from Young Rats Reduces Epigenetic Age Measures and Senescent Cell Burden in Old Rats

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This study is interesting on a few counts. Firstly, transfusion of old individuals with plasma from young individuals has failed to produce usefully large benefits in human trials, and the...

May 12 2020

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Control of Blood Pressure Reduces Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

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Raised blood pressure with age, hypertension, strongly correlates with cardiovascular disease risk and overall mortality. Hypertension is an important downstream mechanism in aging, a way in which low level biochemical...

May 12 2020

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SENS Research Foundation on COVID-19 and Aging

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SENS Research Foundation here explains why COVID-19, like near all infectious disease, is far worse for the old. It isn’t just a matter of the decline of immune function, though...

May 09 2020

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MiR-375 and Autophagy in the Progression of Osteoarthritis

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Much of the work that the research community conducts on age-related disease is similar to the example here: attempting to pick apart the proximate causes of pathology in an altered,...

May 09 2020

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Correlating Structural Changes in the Hippocampus with Memory Decline

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Memory function declines with age. Some part of this is the result of outright structural damage in the brain, caused by the periodic rupture of small blood vessels that kills...